Archive for the ‘Math’ Category
(05/10/10 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Nicolei Hurtado Ocana, 28, a math teacher at Compton High School in Compton, California has reportedly been arrested on allegations he sexually abused three female students.
Reportedly, Ocana was charged with two counts of lewd act upon a child, two counts of contact with a minor for a sexual offense and one count each of oral copulation of a person under 18 and misdemeanor child molestation.
It is alleged that the sexual assaults took place on the Compton High School campus between September 1, 2008, and April 21, 2010 when one of the alleged victims was 15 and the other two alleged victims were 16-years-old.
Ocana was arrested Friday and is reportedly being held in lieu of $390,000 bail.
He is expected to be arraigned in Compton Superior Court on Tuesday.
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Howard Kaplan, 57, a former math teacher at Western Reserve Academy, in Hudson, Ohio has been charged with nine counts of importuning and 1 count of possession of criminal tools.
Kaplan was arrested and indicted as the result of an internet sex sting conducted by officers with the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
It is alleged that Kaplan began chatting with the undercover agent posing as a 12-year-old girl in May and continued until August 21. On August 23 search warrants were executed on his home and office, located on the academy campus, and Kaplan was arrested following the search.
Reportedly, since his arrest Kaplan has been “released” by the school.
At last report Kaplan is in the Cuyahoga County jail and no mention of bail has been made.
He will be arraigned in September.
Update 9/01/07:
Reportedly Kaplan has been freed on $10,000 bail.
News reports indicate that Kaplan voluntarily left the employ of the academy after his arrest and that he and his wife have vacated campus housing.
Kaplan is scheduled for arraignment on September 12th.
(05/21/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Heather Lynne Zeo, 36, a math teacher at North Penn High School in Lansdale Pennsylvania has reportedly been arrested on allegations of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old male student.
Zeo was reportedly charged today with endangering the welfare of a child and corruption of minors.
It is alleged that Zeo began the relationship with the boy in April. It is also alleged that Zeo was having sexual conversations and contact with the student both on and off school grounds and that these conversation extended to phone calls and internet chats.
It is further alleged that Zeo had an inappropriate relationship over the Internet with another male student and that the second relationship involved sexually explicit Internet chats and several invitations from Zeo for the student to visit her classroom when she was alone so they could have sex.
According to the District Attorney’s Office, when confronted Zeo admitted to having a sexual relationship with only one of the students.
Zeo has reportedly been suspended by the school system and is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon.
She is reportedly married and the mother of three and describes herself as a Mennonite with conservative political views.
What purports to be Zeo’s Facebook profile is available here.
What purports to be Zeo’s web site is available here.
Zeo made an initial court appearance this afternoon and was reportedly released on $25,000 bail, with a court date set for June 2nd.
(04/21/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
William Joseph Seagroves, 34, a former math teacher and assistant track coach at Sullivan Central High School in Blountville, Tennessee has reportedly been indicted on a charge of sexual battery by an authority figure.
The indictment alleges that Seagroves engaged in criminal sexual contact with a 16-year-old female student on May 23, 2008.
Seagroves came to the attention of authorities in October of last year when the alleged victim filed a complaint with the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office.
Seagroves was arrested on April 13th, after the Sullivan County Grand Jury returned a sealed indictment. He was reportedly released on $30,000 bond the same day.
Seagroves, who previously had been a chemical engineer at Nuclear Fuel Services in Erwin, became a math teacher and assistant track coach in January 2006 as part of a state program to bring professionals from other disciplines into the classroom.
Reportedly, Seagroves resigned shortly after the alleged victim’s complaint in October.
(02/18/10 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Darren Berg, 39, a math teacher and track coach at Sturgeon Bay High School in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin has reportedly been arrested on allegations of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student.
Reportedly, Berg is expected to be charged with felony sexual contact with a student by a school staff person.
Berg came to the attention of authorities after students and parents told school staff members about a possible inappropriate relationship involving Berg and the alleged victim. School administrators reportedly conducted an investigation and allegedly observed Berg and the girl having conversations and sending text messages to each other. School administrators reported the matter to Sturgeon Bay Police.
During the course of their investigation police obtained copies of the text messages allegedly between Berg and the student. It is also alleged that during a one-week period, the student sent more than 40 messages to Berg and Berg sent almost 50 messages to the student. District Attorney Ray Pelrine indicated that the records of text messages between Berg and the student revealed the alleged inappropriate relationship.
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(08/06/10 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
James Zaborowski, 43, a math and science teacher at Urbana High School in Urbana, Ohio has reportedly been indicted by a Champaign County grand jury on 35 charges including charges of sexually pandering, importuning, possession of criminal tools and tampering with evidence.
The investigation for the case began after Urbana police received a criminal complaint in March of 2009, alleging an inappropriate relationship between Zaborowski and a student at Urbana High School.
Reportedly, Zaborowski was placed on paid administrative leave by the school system at that time. He subsequently returned to the class room.
Urbana police received and served a court-ordered search warrant at the Zaborowski home in April of 2009.
Reportedly and according to the UPD, BCI analysis found multiple images of child pornography on Zaborowski’s computer, as well as e-mail requests for sexual contact with an Urbana High School student.